Pipe-coupling.



.W. A. TURNER.

PIPE COUPLING.

APPLIGATION TILED F1113. 19, 1907.

954,549., v Patented Apr 12, 1910.

@Wbr/rg/s I f mm STATES PATENT OFFICE. WILLIAM TURNER, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHbIiE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF .0

, JOSEPH C. HARTWELL, O1? PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

PIPELCOUPLING.

Specification of Letters lfatent. Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

Application filed February 19, 1907;" Serial No.'3 58,204.

To all, whom it may concern: 1

a citiien of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and a State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and nsehil Pipe-Coupling, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved union or coupling for pipes. i

The principal objects of the invention are to construct a union or coupling having means whereby the two pipes to be connected may be clamped together at a slight angle, if desired, in such manner to produce a tight joint, and to provide means wl'ierel'iy when the seat, of the joint hecon'ies worn or is injured in any way, the same may be re placed at small expense without discarding the entire coupling.

Furtlunr ohjects and advantage of: the invention will appear hereafterl teierring to the accompanying drawing. Figured is a side elevation m a coupling constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. is a central sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of.the elements thereof.

In some of the ,bcst forms of coupling now i on the market, brass ringed seats are cast or forced into the iron'members. When these couplings are used in steam or hot water lines, the seats are liable to derangement ow ing to expansion and contraction, andowi n'g to the fact that the pi pes sometimes have tol be set at slight angles wlnch necessitatesre- 5 placement by an entire new coupling, as theseats' cannot be renewed in such coupling so asto make a tight oint. Some of these couplings have heretofore,be'en made with spherical joints, and others with metallic gaskets, but those which have been provided with gaskets have been so constructed, so far as I am aware, that the gaskets frequently get lost, and great care is required in the install'ation'of the union to preventsuch loss,

andthis. of course takes considerable time.

' The invention relates; to" a coupling clevised to overcome 1 these difficulties .;with which thepipeiimay'bfcoupled together out of alinement with each other without affecting the tightness of the joint, and which comprises a removable seatwhich can be readily re laced by a new one when worn or injur injoany way, whereby the ma n eler'nents of the coupling may be used in- Be itknown that I, WILLIAM A. Tunxnn definitely, and which retains all the virtues of the present ground-joint union without requiring any grindin the joints in manufacture, and wit to requiring any brass or copper, inserts exce t a gasket which is simply stamped out o sheet metal. This results in greatly cheapening the present cost of manufacture as well as the cost of setting up such pi ecouplings.v

'ltet'erring to the rawing, designates one member and B the other member of a coupling. The pipes to be connected are screwed into these members, a nut C being first'fitted over the member A. The nut is screw-threaded onto the member B and is. provided with a flange 10 which engages a flange 11 formedon the member A. The outer surface of the flange 10 is formed in spherical shape, as with a radius 12, so that when the convex annular edge of is drawn against the memthe member 1 her A by the nut (l, a perfect contact will he made between the member A. and the seat I on the member B even if the two pipes are out of line. The rear edge of the flange 11. is curved so that the flange 10 of the nut C will engage the same as nearly as possible, even if the two pipes are set at an angle, the outer edge of the flange 10 of. the nut C 3 being chaint'ered away as at 13 for this purpose. I r D, designates a removable cap orgasket which is struck up out of sheet metal, preferably out of copper. The same constitutes an outer rim which is shaped to fit; accurately to the spherical surface of the ilN'll'lber A, and the same has extending means which can fit into the member A, which means preferably'is formedby making the cap l) with an inwardly projecting annular 'flange 14. This capD'is placed in position before the con ling is screwed together, by inserting the flange Mint/o the member A. The coupling is then screwed up, when the end of the memger B will. engage the cap and will form a pexfeet joint therewith, even if the pipes are setat a slight angle to each other. The flange '14: extending into the member A, prevents the cap from wrinkling or from being; displaced, as the coupling is tightened up. A

If the coupling should leak or if it should he desired to replace the seat, all that 13- I necessary is to unscrew the nut C, p'ullthel and insert a new cap. In this way, if a-cap should become worn or damaged, it may be removed and replaced by a new one without replacing any of the other parts.

The cap I) can be economically manufactured by striking the same up out of sheet metal.

Various modifications of my invention can be made by a skilled mechanic without departing from the scope of my inventi n as expressed in the claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters- Patent is As an article of manufacture, a pipe coup ling comprising a coupling member having a convex spherical bearing surface on the coupling member having a cameo end thereof, a sheet metal cap or gasket havin a convex outer wall fitting said spherical bearin surface and an inwardly projectin cylin rical flange fitting inside the coupIing member forming means for holdin the cap 0r gasket on said member when t e coupling is uncoupled, and a second transversely curved annular edge adapted to fit tight 0n the convex surface of the flange in all angular positions thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set v my hand, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. p

, WILLIAM A. TURNER. Witnesses: v THOMAS F. FARRELL, JOHN'L. CASEY. 

